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asd123

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When it comes near a heavy nucleus, a gamma ray, which is a high energy photon, can disappear, and in its place there will be produced an electron and a positron, which both have mass. According to special relativity, this pair production is an example of __________.
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An electron and a positron, which are two massive particles, can annihilate when they come together to produce two photons, which have no mass. According to special relativity, this pair annihilation is an example of __________.
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atrochim

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

the equivalence of mass and energy

Answer to Question 2

the equivalence of mass and energy


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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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